Reducing effect of pulmonary recruitment on laparoscopic cholecystectomy-induced upper abdominal pain, shoulder pain, and incision pain / 医学研究生学报
Journal of Medical Postgraduates
;
(12): 741-744, 2015.
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in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-461763
ABSTRACT
Objective Abdominal pain, shoulder pain, and incision pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy ( LC) are com-mon complaints of the patients.This study was to observe the effects of pulmonary recruitment ( PR) in reducing post-LC abdominal pain, shoulder pain, and incision pain. Methods A total of 138 patients treated by LC were randomly assigned to a PR ( n=67) and a control group (n=71).The former underwent postoperatively five 5-second-long manual inflations of the lungs by positive pres-sure ventilation with 40 cmH2 O to discharge CO2 from the abdominal cavity, while the latter received traditional passive deflation of CO2 .At 6, 12, 24, and 48 h after surgery, we recorded the incidences of abdominal pain, shoulder pain, and incision pain and as-sessed the pain intensity using the visual analogue scale ( VAS) . Results Compared with the control group at 12 and 24 h after sur-gery, the PR group showed significant decreases in the incidence rate of upper abdominal pain (90.14%vs 74.63%and 91.55%vs 73.13%, both P0.05). Conclusion Pulmonary recruitment can re-duce the incidence rates and severity of upper abdominal pain and shoulder pain, but has no effect in alleviating incision pain following laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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Journal of Medical Postgraduates
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2015
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